Yanchep National Park Management Plan 1989-1999

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TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE ___________________________________________________________________ i TABLE OF CONTENTS________________________________________________________ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS______________________________________________________v A GUIDE TO THIS PLAN_____________________________________________________ vi SUMMARY _________________________________________________________________vii PART A. INTRODUCTION___________________________________________________1 1.0 BACKGROUND________________________________________________________3 1.1 LOCATION______________________________________________________________________3 1.1.1 LOCATION AND TENURE_____________________________________________________3 1.1.2 SURROUNDING LAND USE ___________________________________________________3 1.1.3 ADDITIONS TO THE PARK____________________________________________________3 1.2 REGIONAL CONTEXT ____________________________________________________________7 PART B OVERALL MANAGEMENT OF THE PARK_____________________________8 2.0 MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES FOR THE PARK_____________________________8 3.0 ALLOCATION OF AREAS FOR APPROPRIATE MANAGEMENT AND USE_____9 PART C MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES _________________________13 4.0 HISTORY ____________________________________________________________13 4.1 ABORIGINAL HISTORY__________________________________________________________13 4.2 EUROPEAN HISTORY ___________________________________________________________14 5.0 GEOLOGY, SOILS AND LANDFORMS____________________________________17 6.0 HYDROLOGY ________________________________________________________21 7.0 VEGETATION ________________________________________________________23 7.1 TERRESTRIAL VEGETATION_____________________________________________________23 7.2 WETLAND VEGETATION ________________________________________________________27 7.2.1 LOCH McNESS _____________________________________________________________27 7.2.2 YONDERUP LAKE __________________________________________________________28 7.2.3 WILGARUP LAKE___________________________________________________________28 7.2.4 SEASONALLY INUNDATED WETLAND________________________________________28 7.3 RARE AND RESTRICTED FLORA_________________________________________________28 7.4 REHABILITATION_______________________________________________________________32 8.0 FAUNA______________________________________________________________35 8.1 MAMMALS ____________________________________________________________________35 8.2 REPTILES/AMPHIBIANS_________________________________________________________36 8.3 BIRDS _________________________________________________________________________37 8.4 FISH___________________________________________________________________________38 8.5 INVERTEBRATES_______________________________________________________________39 9.0 WETLANDS __________________________________________________________41 9.1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION ________________________________________________________42 9.2 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY_____________________________________________________43 9.3 FACTORS AFFECTING THE QUALITY OF THE WETLANDS__________________________44 10.0 PROTECTION_______________________________________________________48 10.1 FIRE ______________________________________________________________________________48 10.1.1 FIRE HISTORY _____________________________________________________________48 ii
10.2 DISEASE_______________________________________________________________________59 10.3 NON-INDIGENOUS ANIMALS_____________________________________________________60 10.4 NON-INDIGENOUS PLANTS______________________________________________________61 10.4.1 WEEDS ________________________________________________________________________62 10.4.2 KOALA FEED PLANTATIONS ________________________________________________65 10.4.3 ORNAMENTAL AND EXOTIC TREES__________________________________________66 11.0 OTHER MANAGEMENT ISSUES _______________________________________67 11.1 APIARY SITES__________________________________________________________________67 11.2 ADDITIONS TO THE PARK_______________________________________________________68 11.2.1 RIDGES STATE FOREST_____________________________________________________68 11.2.2 PART OF STATE FOREST NO. 65_____________________________________________71 11.2.3 PIPIDINNY SWAMP _________________________________________________________72 11.3 RESEARCH AND MONITORING __________________________________________________73 12.0 LANDSCAPE________________________________________________________76 PART D MANAGEMENT FOR VISITORS ____________________________________80 13.0 REGIONAL RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES ____________________________80 14.0 RECREATION AREA_________________________________________________82 14.1 BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES ______________82 14.1.1 VISITOR USE PATTERNS____________________________________________________82 14.1.2 SUMMARY OF CURRENT CONFLICTS AND MANAGEMENT ISSUES_____________84 14.2 RECREATION AREA MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES _________________________________85 14.3 OVERALL STRATEGIES - MASTER PLAN OF THE PARK____________________________85 14.3.1 MANAGEMENT SUB-UNITS OF THE RECREATION AREA _______________________89 14.3.2 A DEVELOPED RECREATION AREA WITHIN A NATIONAL PARK ____________________91 14.4 SPECIFIC RECREATION FACILITIES AND ISSUES__________________________________91 14.4.1 VEHICLES AND ROADS _____________________________________________________91 14.4.2 PEDESTRIANS_____________________________________________________________100 14.4.3 BUILDINGS________________________________________________________________103 14.4.4 RECREATION FACILITIES __________________________________________________110 14.4.5 LEASES AND CONCESSIONS _______________________________________________124 14.4.6 MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES__________________________________140 14.5 NEW FACILITIES AND ACTIVITIES ______________________________________________150 15.0 CAVES____________________________________________________________151 15.1 CAVE FAUNA _________________________________________________________________152 15.2 CAVE USE ____________________________________________________________________152 15.2.1 USE OF WILD AND ADVENTURE CAVES_________________________________________153 15.2.2 TOURIST CAVES_______________________________________________________________153 16.0 RECREATION AND USE OF NATURAL AREAS_________________________159 16.1 FACILITIES IN THE NATURAL AREAS ___________________________________________161 16.1.1 ARMY BUNKERS __________________________________________________________161 16.1.2 SIGNS (OUTSIDE MCNESS RECREATION AREA)______________________________162 17.0 TOURISM _________________________________________________________163 18.0 INFORMATION AND INTERPRETATION ______________________________166 18.1 VISITOR INFORMATION FACILITY ______________________________________________168 18.2 INTERPRETATION PROGRAMS _________________________________________________168 19.0 IMPLEMENTATION_________________________________________________171 20.0 TERM OF THIS PLAN _______________________________________________171 21.0 BIBLIOGRAPHY ___________________________________________________172 iii
Page 2 and 3: DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND LAND
Page 6 and 7: LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1 Locality M
Page 8 and 9: A GUIDE TO THIS PLAN Overall the pl
Page 10 and 11: • The rehabilitation of eroded an
Page 12 and 13: • Rationalisation of the manageme
Page 14 and 15: an important tourist destination, w
Page 16: Implications for Management 1. Yanc
Page 20 and 21: Today, Yanchep National Park remain
Page 23 and 24: 4. Recreation Area: Within which al
Page 25 and 26: PART C MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOUR
Page 27 and 28: The importance of the caves in the
Page 29 and 30: 7. Investigate alternative names fo
Page 31 and 32: FIGURE 4. 19
Page 33 and 34: 6.0 HYDROLOGY The hydrology of the
Page 35 and 36: 2. Continue to encourage a program
Page 37: 6. Melaleuca/Dryandra/Acacia Heath.
Page 40: 7.2.2 YONDERUP LAKE The vegetation
Page 44 and 45: 6. The continued spread of Typha or
Page 46 and 47: TABLE 3 REHABILITATION PRESCRIPTION
Page 48 and 49: Two species, Tarsipes rostratus (Ho
Page 50 and 51: White-naped Honeyeater (Melithreptu
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In the 'Draft Guidelines for Wetlan
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9.3 FACTORS AFFECTING THE QUALITY O
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Implications for Management (Furthe
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10.0 PROTECTION 10.1 FIRE Australia
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6. Highest areas of risk of ignitio
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8. To minimise the introduction or
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TABLE 5 PERCENTAGE OF VEGETATION TY
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8. Promote public education and awa
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10.2 DISEASE The plant disease of m
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The impact of the two declared pest
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Kikuyu grass is spreading from the
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10.4.2 KOALA FEED PLANTATIONS There
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2 Develop a public education/interp
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no fauna survey of the area. The in
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11.2.2 PART OF STATE FOREST NO. 65
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Prescriptions 1. Negotiate with the
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SECTION PROGRAM PRIORITY 10. 3 Non-
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Much of the recreation area with it
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PART D MANAGEMENT FOR VISITORS 13.0
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Overall, the number of visitors ann
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14.2 RECREATION AREA MANAGEMENT OBJ
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14.3.1 MANAGEMENT SUB-UNITS OF THE
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entrance (No. 31); around the ornam
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• The carpark next to the ticket
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3. Provide parking suitable for the
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Management Objective To provide an
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a surprisingly high percentage of "
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4. The building requires considerab
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14.4.3(c) KIOSK BUILDING The draft
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14.4.3(e) HALL The hall was origina
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14.4.4 RECREATION FACILITIES 14.4.4
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8. Design and construct a new koala
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Implications for Management 1. The
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W.A. natives and designed to provid
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assist with the maintenance of picn
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2. The design of the barbecues crea
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The visitor survey showed that 59 p
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- is not environmentally sensitive
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• maximum numbers of users, where
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major repairs carried out by tender
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2. Include in the lease the followi
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- the responsibility for rubbish di
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4. Negotiate with the Yanchep Golf
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2. The pool runs at a loss; managem
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The City of Wanneroo is keen to con
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6. There is insufficient data on th
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There are continual problems with l
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ubbish removal, the Yanchep Inn, Ki
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Management Objective To have a cost
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Implication for Management It is CA
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2. Restrict vehicle entry to the ma
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Caves enlarge by the repeated colla
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structurally safe have so far been
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4. Establish a set of conditions fo
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15.2.2(b) CABARET CAVE Management O
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With the advent of mountain bicycle
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There are a number of management pr
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For tourists, Yanchep National Park
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6. Include in the lease conditions
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18.1 VISITOR INFORMATION FACILITY A
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Prescriptions 1. While the Administ
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21.0 BIBLIOGRAPHY Archer, M. (1972)
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Drescher, 0., personal communicatio
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Muir, B.A. (1985) Observations of t
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Western Australian Tourism Commissi
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